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Top Internet Security “things to do”

September 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

Howdy one and all and a great big welcome back to this weeks fun filled adventure of The Weekly Geek. Back in July I started on how to secure you computer (Basic Security Tips) and I have been working on Intermediate and Advanced tips ever since then, today I wanted to release a quick checklist. [...]

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Tags: Internet · Malware · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms

Spyware Revisited

July 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome to this weeks edition of The Weekly Geek. Today we will continue our saga of how a good gator turned out to be a nasty crocodile as we delve into Spyware in its many forms and how to remove it. Spyware is simply a program that will track your computer activity. It can include [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Trojans

A Little about the Trojan Horse

June 29th, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome back to all our readers. In this week’s exciting and fun-filled edition of The Weekly Geek we are going to continue on the adventure of a lifetime where we search out new life, explore new civilizations and discover the malicious side of the internet and how to protect your computer from the evils of [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Trojans

Worms: Prevented, not fried thank you.

January 19th, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome back to all our readers. In this weeks exciting and fun-filled edition of The Weekly Geek we are going to continue on our quest to find out more about the malicious side of the internet and how to protect your computer. This week we are going to delve into “worms”. No, not night crawlers, [...]

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Tags: Internet · Malware · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms

Slecting a firewall for your computer

March 11th, 2005 · Comments Off

Howdy and welcome back to another fun and exciting edition of The Weekly Geek! In this article I want to go over how I select firewalls for use in protecting my and my customer’s networks and computers. Gathering the data: How I find out about products. Just like with Anti-virus products, my list begins with… [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Software · Trojans